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Hello my crafty friends!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving

Day with the family and you got all your Black Friday items. I sure

did! Right now I'm knee deep in CHA planning and even though

it's a lot of work… it's SO MUCH FUN! It's hard to believe that the

year is over and that CHA Winter is here. Most companies are

rushing around, getting the finishing touches on collections and

planning out their booths. We have so many beautiful collections

and I'm 100% sure you will love everyone of them.

To give you a little sneak if their names they are: Pure Bliss, Family

Jeans, Charleston, Indian Summer, Nostalgia, Fun and Funky,

Natural Beauty, Special Delivery, and Sunkissed. These collections

can be used for any theme and season. It's a stellar batch of

papers, filled with lovely pattern and florals!

Before you flip through this months issue, get a hot cup of cocoa

and enjoy the fresh and fun ideas. I always tell my family my

magazine time is a small break from the day. So again, enjoy this

small break and have your self a merry little Christmas.

Heidi Sonboul,DESIGN TEAM COORDINATOR

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On the Cover, 15Stockings by Heidi Sonboul

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03 Get Inspired Winter Inspired Layout

05 Winter Wonderful Holiday Crafts & Techniques

11 New Year's Hat Check out this amazing

2013 party hat!

15 On the Cover Cute Holiday Stockings

17 Flip-It Sketch Challenge

20 Readers Gallery

21 Retailers List

22 Birdhouse Box

The amazing thing about this months photo inspiration is that it has warm and cool color tones combined together. It's the perfect feel for cozy sweaters on a winter's walk. Leslie, captured the feel of this photo with perfection. The beautiful large oak tree is a lovely contrasts to the blue and red.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Bonjour and

Splendor Collections. Other: letters (Basic Grey, My

Mind's Eye), Stickers (Cosmo Cricket, 7 Gypsies, Studio

Calico), Rub-On (Studio Calico), Stamps (Hero Arts),

Journal Card (Studio Calico), Brads (American Crafts,

Marcy Penner), fabric.


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by Leslie Davis


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WINTER & HOLIDAYCRAFT TUTORIALS

WinterWonderful

CHRISTMAS TREEby Audrey Yeager

1. Cut two circles of each size, starting with 7" as the largest, and going down to 1.5", in half inch increments. This will give you 12 different sized circles for your tree.

2. With wrong sides together, stitch around the circle, but leave about a 1.5" opening. Fill each circle with Poly Fill batting. (To give some weight to the base of your tree, you could fill the largest base circle with some dried rice or beans.)

3. Once all the circles have been stuffed, stitch the openings closed.

4. At this point, you can stack your circles. There are different ways to do this. You could run a string through all of the circles right up the center, starting at the bottom, and then leave some threads at the top so that you can hang your tree. You could also use a wooden bamboo skewer or dowel and pierce through the holes to provide some more stability. Or you could do what I did and just use glue dots to attach one circle to the next.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Bonjour: Bouquet (1535), Les Fleurs

(1538), Paris Je T'Aime (1541); Sweet Tooth: Sour Cherry (1560), Sprinkles

(1560). Other: thread, sewing machine, poly fill batting.



I am a sucker for Christmas decor in non-traditional Christmas colors. I was all over it when lime green and hot pink were trending for Christmas last year. I thought I would make a fun piece of mantle or wall decor using some bright, non traditional colors and patterns.

1. Die cut stocking pieces and assemble.

2. Embellish each stocking with a variety of buttons, rhinestones, ribbon, etc.

3. Hang stockings from twine using miniature clothespins.

It would be easy to use this garland as an advent calendar or a 12 Days of Christmas countdown.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Flower Child: Flowery (1641), Flower Child (1640),

Groovy (1642), Hippie Plaid (1643), Wondering Geo (1638), Striking Stripe (1647), Organic

Geo (1645), Flower Child Plaid (1639), Peacock (1646), Layered Geo (1644).

HANGING STOCKINGSby Amanda Coleman

CHRISTMAS TREE CONES VIDEO TUTORIAL[CLICK HERE]

CHRISTMAS TREE CONES TEMPLATE[CLICK HERE]

by Clare Prezzia


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LIGHT GARLANDby Audrey Yeager

1. Cut out the circle and star svg file using an electronic die cutting machine. (Visit the blog on December 22 for the free file). If you don't have a die-cutting machine, cut a 5" circle and use a punch to punch out some shapes.

2. Mist the inside of each circle with a green mist and paint the outside white. While the white paint is still wet, apply some glitter or mica snow. Let dry.

3. Once the paint is dry, cut each circle in half. Fold each half into a cone shape around each light on the strand. Use double sided tape on one of the edges to secure the cone shape.

4. Cut 7-8" strips of ribbon and tie each piece in a single knot between each light on the strand. I used 6 pieces in between each light, but this will vary depending on the thickness of your ribbon.

5. Hang and enjoy!

SUPPLIES: Cardstock, decorative punch, mist, white craft paint, glitter,

double sided tape, ribbon, light strand.


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New Year's Party Hat

Give this fun party hat a try for this years upcoming festivities. Simply embellish a party hat and attach to a

headband with felt.

by Tessa Buys

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These hand crafted stockings and little tags are perfectfor any home holiday decor. It's a must try this season.


HO! HO! HO!

We hope you've been good

all year because Santa is in

town! To celebrate his coming

in a "fun and fresh" way, we

switched up our color pallet

for the cover of Dec. Instead

of doing red and green (which

has been done time and time

again), we used tan, green,

YELLOW and blue. Oh and a

pop of silver!

These hand crafted stockings

and little tags are perfect for

any home holiday decor. It's a

must try this season. Be playful

with the tags and personalize

them as we did for the cover

and your family will just adore

them. We paid attention to

the smallest detail, being that

the smallest detail are always

important! Just check out the

flowers and stars. Aren't they

so fun?!


SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers:

Splendor, Oh Happy Day, and Sweet Tooth

Collections.

Alter It.

I love having a family tradition of picking out a Christmas tree together. This year we went to a huge tree farm with rows and rows of trees. The kids were running and hiding from our dog Max. Great memories!

The fun arrows included in this sketch was something I wanted to incorporate so I made both of mine from pattern paper. One of them I stamped on and then cut out. The second one, I used a die template to get the perfect angle, traced it and then cut it out.

Flip It.

In place of the top "arrow", I created a layered Christmas tree, with paper layers lifted up with pop dots. I also fussy cut and circle punched holly, and added glossy accents to make it shine. I also carried the triangles theme into the lower "arrow".


Sweet Tooth, Country Charm, Flower Child,

Oh Happy Day, and Spendor Collections.

by Wendi Robinson

by Julie Overby


by Mary Ann Jenkins

Keep It.

For my layout, I followed the sketch pretty closely by keeping the 3 photos the same size and same placement as the sketch, and the page title is still at the top on the right. I took the idea of the photo corners as shown on the top and bottom photos of the sketch, and used a photo corner punch to make my own arrow design.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Flower Child and Splendor Collections.

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SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Splendor and Country Charm Collections.

Other: Christmas sampler stamp (Paper Smooches), Ink (ColorBox), button (American

Crafts), twine (My Mind's Eye), dies (Spellbinders), cardstock (Bazzill).

Deer Card by Heidi Van Laar

Heidi created this using papers from the Splendor and Country Charm collections as well as a deer cut out that she designed herself. See how to make it and download the deer pattern here.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day Collection. Other: Winter Woodland and Bags, Tags, Boxes and More Cartridges (Cricut), floral wire.

Happy New Year Card by Nina Yang

Hello Everyone! I cannot believe that we are at the end of 2012! I had so much fun making this card. The good thing about this card is that it still lays flat if you want to mail it. Love that the cool banner is a design on the paper. I had a great crafty year with GCD Studios and I wish everyone a happy 2013!

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Country Charm, Bonjour and Sweet Tooth Collections. Other: Winter Woodland and Bags, Tags, Boxes and More Cartridges (Cricut), floral wire.

Drink Charms by Tegan Skwiat

I have always loved the little drink charms you see in the stores during the holidays, so I decided to make my own! They will look super cute on those fancy glasses of sparkling grape juice and can also be hung on the top of a bottled water or pop. I am surely going to make extra sets in case I get invited to any last minute holiday parties - they will make great hostess gifts!


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Birdhouse Gift BoxThis precious little box is perfect for gift giving, ornaments, or favor boxes and easy to make! Join us at GCD Studios booth #665 at this year's Winter CHA to learn how! Can't make it to CHA? Look for the template on our blog in January.


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